*** 5 INJ *** A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT BEGAN 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORTON OR ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF THE PENROSE COMMUNITY IN WOODRUFF COUNTY AND ENDED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARKIN IN CROSS COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WENT ON TO STRIKE THE FITZGERALD CROSSING COMMUNITY SOUTH OF WYNNE AND VILLAGE CREEK STATE PARK. A RATING OF F3 WAS GIVEN WITH WINDS OF UP TO 200 MPH. FIVE INJURIES IN CROSS COUNTY.

PRELIMINARY F-SCALE ASSESSMENT RATES THIS TORNADO AT A STRONG F3 TORNADO WITHESTIMATED WINDS AROUND 200 MPH. NUMEROUS HOMES WERE DESTROYED WITHADDITIONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE NOTED. THERE WERE 15 FATALITIES WITH THISSTORM AND ONE INDIVIDUAL STILL NOT ACCOUNTED FOR.

*** 8 FATAL, 50 INJ *** FATALITIES OCCURRED IN THE RUTHERFORD/BRADFORD AREA. TORNADIC DAMAGE WAS RATED A F1 ON THEFUJITA SCALE WITH UP TO F3 DAMAGE IN BRADFORD... ESPECIALLY ON TAYLOR ROAD JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 45. A SECOND TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUSTSOUTH OF THE OBION COUNTY LINE AND JUST NORTH OF RUTHERFORD. THIS TORNADO THEN MOVED SOUTHEAST TRACKING APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES ANDDISSIPATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CHINA GROVE ROAD AND HIGHWAY 105. PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS RATE THIS TORNADO AS AN F3 WITH WINDS OF 200 MPH

THIS TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AN F2 ON THE FUJITA SCALE WITH A WIDTH OF 30 YARDS AND LENGTH OF THREEQUARTERS OF A MILE. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE HICKORY TRAIL SUBDIVISION AND OCCURRED AROUND 1030 PM. THERE WAS PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE TO APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN HOMES. ONE HOME WAS MOVED OFF OF ITS FOUNDATION WHILE ANOTHER HOME WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED WITH ITS DEBRIS SWEPT CLEAN OFF OF THE FOUNDATION. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO INJURIES.